Things to Do in Kanto, Japan
Tokyo and its surroundings, from neon districts to the temples of Nikko and the coast of Kamakura.
216 destinations across 7 prefectures
Festivals in Kanto
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Tsuchiura Fireworks
7 November 2026
Ibaraki · Fireworks festival
Koedo Kawagoe Fireworks
21 November 2026
Saitama · Fireworks festival
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Chichibu Yomatsuri
2 to 3 December 2026
Saitama · Float procession
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Comiket
29 to 31 December 2026
Tokyo · Festival
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Sanja Matsuri
14 to 16 May 2027
Tokyo · Float procession
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Sumida River Fireworks
31 July 2027
Tokyo · Fireworks festival
Joso Kinugawa Fireworks
Expected September 2027
Ibaraki · Fireworks festival
Kounosu Fireworks
Expected October 2027
Saitama · Fireworks festival
Suggested Itineraries
Places to Visit in Kanto
Tama Zoological Park
Tokyo's Hillside Zoo Without Cages, Four Times the Size of Ueno
A zoo spread over more than 50 hectares of the Tama Hills, opened in 1958 as Japan's first zoo de...
Tokyo Joypolis
Sega's Indoor Ride Park on Three Floors of an Odaiba Mall
Sega's indoor amusement park on the 3rd to 5th floors of DECKS Tokyo Beach in Odaiba, with simula...
Mount Haruna
Lake Haruna, a Three-Minute Ropeway and Initial D's Mount Akina
A cluster of volcanic peaks around Lake Haruna, west of Ikaho Onsen. A ropeway climbs the cone of...
Edo-Tokyo Museum
A Life-Size Nihonbashi Bridge Inside a Museum on Four Legs, Reopened in 2026
Tokyo's history museum next to the Ryogoku sumo hall, back open since March 31, 2026 after a reno...
Hie Shrine
Escalators Up One Side, a Red Torii Tunnel Up the Other
A hilltop shrine in Nagatacho that guarded Edo Castle for the Tokugawa. Free to enter, open 6:00 ...
Jinata Onsen
A Free Hot Spring in the Sea Rocks of Shikinejima, Timed by the Tide
Rock pools at the foot of a narrow cleft on Shikinejima's south coast, where iron-rich spring wat...
Nakano Broadway
Five Floors of Used Manga, Old Toys and Collectibles in Nakano
A shopping complex from 1966 whose basement to fourth floor hold some 200 shops, a large share of...
Rainbow Bridge
Walking 1.7 km Across Tokyo Bay on the Rainbow Bridge Promenade
A free 1.7 km walkway on the lower deck of the 1993 suspension bridge between Shibaura and Odaiba...
Toranomon Hills
Four Towers, a Deck Over Sakurada-dori and a Hibiya Line Station of Its Own
Mori Building's four-tower district in Toranomon, built between 2014 and 2023 and tied together b...
Ueno Zoo
Japan's First Zoo, Split Between a Hill and a Lotus Pond
Japan's oldest zoo, opened in 1882 inside Ueno Park, with about 3,000 animals of some 300 species...
Aogashima
A Village Inside a Double Caldera, Three Hours of Open Sea Past Hachijojima
The southernmost inhabited island of the Izu chain, a volcano with a second cone sitting inside i...
Gotoku-ji
The Setagaya Temple Where the Beckoning Cat Got Its Start
The Ii family's Edo temple in Setagaya, where shelves of white beckoning cats surround the Shofuk...
Hibiya Park
Japan's First Western-Style Park, Between the Ministries and Ginza
Sixteen hectares of lawns, ponds and flowerbeds across the moat from the Imperial Palace, opened ...
Kan'ei-ji
The Shogun Temple That Lost Most of Its Land to Ueno Park
Founded in 1625 by the monk Tenkai as the 'Hiei of the east', Kan'ei-ji was the Tokugawa family t...
Yayoi Kusama Museum
Kusama's Own Five-Floor Museum, Timed Tickets Only
The museum Yayoi Kusama founded in 2017 in a quiet corner of Shinjuku, showing her work in two ex...